Automakers Are Telling Your Insurance Company How You Really Drive

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Biden Administration to slow down EV shift to appease automakers

The Biden Administration is reportedly giving legislative breathing room to auto manufacturers required to rapidly increase electric vehicle production within the next few years. First reported by sources speaking to The New York Times, this shift in drastic climate change action is meant to appease automakers who say they need more time to meet the … Read more

Automakers turn to hybrids in the middle of the EV transition

2023 Prius Prime on display, April 6, 2023. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT — As sales of all-electric vehicles grow more slowly than expected, major automakers are increasingly meeting their customers in the middle. More and more companies are reconsidering the viability of hybrid cars and trucks to appease consumer demand and avoid costly penalties … Read more

Japan’s automakers unveil EVs galore at Tokyo show to catch up with Tesla, other electric rivals

TOKYO — TOKYO (AP) — “We love battery EVs.” Takero Kato, the executive in charge of electric vehicles at Toyota, said that not once, but twice, to emphasize what he considers the message at this year’s Tokyo auto show. It’s a message ringing clear at the Tokyo Mobility Show, which will run through Nov. 5 … Read more

Elon Musk says Tesla would possibly ‘open supply extra code’ to different automakers

Elon Musk advised Thursday throughout a Twitter Areas with Ford CEO Jim Farley that Tesla would possibly open up a few of its automotive working system code to different automakers.  “In the identical manner that perhaps Android is useful to the cellphone trade as form of a common commonplace, like we might probably open supply … Read more

U.S. authorities urges speedy recall of airbag inflators throughout automakers

Greater than 67 million airbag inflators could also be recalled(opens in a brand new tab) on account of security considerations, following the outcomes of a Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) investigation into alleged security considerations. The report has prompted the U.S. authorities company to induce the producer to subject a direct recall. SEE … Read more